Ex-firefighter arrested for arson at black colleague’s home

Residents of North Tonawanda, New York have rallied around their only black firefighter after a suspicious fire damaged his home just days after he received a racist letter. A recently-fired firefighter has been arrested in connection with the blaze.

Volunteer firefighter Kenneth Walker received a threatening letter on Monday, calling him a “n****r,” and saying that blacks “are not allowed to be firefighters,” and concluding with, “no one wants you in our city.” On Wednesday, someone broke into the apartment Walker shared with his wife and two daughters and started a fire.